'The son of an Israeli billionaire' has stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars from women in three countries
'28.02.2019'
Source: Vesta Israel
In Israel, he was wanted for 2017, but he managed to escape from the country.
Israeli Shimon Hayut, who was wanted in 2017 year and fled the country, is suspected of having a multi-million dollar scam in three European countries. As reported on Sunday, February 17, the Norwegian newspaper VG, the fraudster got acquainted with his victims using the Tinder mobile app, writes Vesta Israel.
The journalists of the publication conducted their own investigation, interviewed the victims, the parents of Khaute himself, and with the help of their Israeli colleagues talked with the Israeli police investigators.
The scheme that Shimon Huyt allegedly used to deceive was almost unchanged. He met with European women, seeming to be a successful and wealthy businessman Simon Liviev.
He spent meetings with women in expensive hotels, arranged for them luxurious dinners and flights on a private jet. Thus he managed to win the trust of another victim.
After some time, Huyt informed his new acquaintance that he had been attacked and his life was threatened by unknown criminals. Under this pretext, an Israeli asked to lend him a large sum of money, ostensibly to settle the conflict.
According to police, in three or four European countries, Shimon Hayut carried out his machinations. In Sweden, Norway and the UK, he is wanted for fraud and falsification of documents.
In 2017, in Israel, he was also charged with fraud. He did not appear at the court and left the country.
Shimon Khayut is well known to Israeli law enforcement agencies and has a rich criminal record. In 2011, he was charged with fraud and falsification of documents. A similar indictment was filed in the 2015 year. However, he never appeared in the courtroom.
Yaki Kahan's lawyer representing Shimon Hayut said: “My client came to Israel and was detained. A few weeks later, following an agreement with the prosecutor's office, he was released on subscription. But the meetings were regularly postponed, and over time, the connection with the client was lost. "
